Kingston City School District voters overwhelming endorse transfer of Sophie Finn Elementary School to SUNY Ulster for redevelopment as a community college campus allowing Ulster County S.T.R.I.V.E. initiative to take key step forward. Ulster County Executive Mike Hein stated, “I’d like to express my thanks to the Kingston City School District (“KCSD”) voters for the [...]
Assemblymember Barrett pushes for consumer protection representative on state Energy Planning Board Announces her legislation now has Senate sponsorship Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D- Hudson) announced her bill to restore a consumer protection representative on the state Energy Planning Board has gained Senate sponsorship from Senator Cecilia Tkaczyk (A.7069). The bill passed the Assembly in 2012 [...]
With National Safe Boating Week May 18 – 25, avid boater and angler Marty Rutberg of Rutberg Basso Personal Injury Law says that careless boating only leads to two things: accidents and fatalities. “From the cases I handle and from my own experience on the water, I have seen how unsafe boating causes injury, death [...]
Seat Belt Mobilization Effort Is Part of Nationwide ‘Click It or Ticket’ Crackdown Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today that a 14-day statewide “Buckle Up New York” campaign to crack down on drivers and their passengers who are not wearing seat belts will be conducted by law enforcement agencies throughout New York State from May [...]
The Eastern Pike Regional Police Department are Continuing efforts to improve pedestrian safety in Matamoras Borough by continuing crosswalk enforcement initiatives along Pennsylvania Avenue. The crosswalk awareness initiatives involve an off-duty, undercover police officer posing as a pedestrian crossing at a crosswalk. If oncoming drivers don’t stop for the pedestrian—as required by law—the vehicle will [...]
Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Hudson) announced that her resolution proclaiming May 2013 as Lyme Disease Awareness Month in New York passed the Assembly (K.383). Assemblymember Barrett was joined in the Assembly Chamber by Jill and Ira Auerbach, both advocates for Lyme disease prevention and awareness. “Lyme disease is a far more serious and widespread than many [...]
Tentative Assessment Roll Completed In City of Newburgh The Tentative Assessment Roll for the current year is complete, and a copy is in the Assessor’s Office, 1st Floor, City Hall, 83 Broadway. The Tentative Assessment Roll will also be published online at the City of Newburgh’s web site www.cityofnewburgh-ny.gov. The Assessment Roll may be examined [...]
Awards ceremony recognizes above, beyond dedication to emergency services The Orange County Department of Emergency Services, Division of Emergency Communications held its 8th Annual Public Safety Dispatchers’ Recognition Awards Ceremony, Thursday, April 25, at the County’s Emergency Services Center in Goshen to honor and recognize the dedicated and outstanding service of the County’s 911 public [...]
Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) announced a resolution he introduced honoring military men and women from the United States Military Academy at West Point passed the Assembly. The resolution (K.339) was part of the Assembly’s 62nd annual West Point Day celebration. “I’m incredibly proud to represent West Point,” Assemblyman Skoufis said. “West Point Day is a [...]
On the cusp of the 2013 Annual American Equine Summit hosted by the New York-based national equine protection organization Equine Advocates, the call to ban horse slaughter permanently has received much needed support from Robert Redford. Actor, director, environmentalist and founder of the Sundance Festival, Redford wrote a letter to Equine Advocates President Susan Wagner [...]
